Darnell Hawkinshttp://pbcommercial.com/rss.xml/820
enOur own worst enemy?http://pbcommercial.com/content/our-own-worst-enemy
Given the city council’s recent actions aimed at shoring up the city’s public image, I wish to revisit and confront once again two major myths or half-truths about which I have written on these pages during the last decade. Both half-truths are vitally interconnected and mutually reinforcing, and each distorts that image.Sat, 25 Jan 2014 04:00:23 +000085811 at http://pbcommercial.comOur own slippery slope?http://pbcommercial.com/content/our-own-slippery-slope
Even under the most ideal circumstances, policing and other aspects of the administration of justice in the United States can be characterized as hard work and a high-wire balancing act conducted on land. It involves the attempt by justice system officials to protect the lives and property of the broader public while simultaneously assuring that those individuals who threaten those lives and possessions are also afforded the protections of our laws and Constitution. Achieving that delicate balance is made all the more difficult when attempted on a slippery slope.Wed, 04 Dec 2013 03:00:26 +000076026 at http://pbcommercial.comBeyond black and whitehttp://pbcommercial.com/content/beyond-black-and-white
Today, many Americans are suspicious of any claims regarding the benefits of ethnic, racial, socio-economic, gender and cultural diversity. They see such claims as so much liberal hogwash aimed at justifying such policies as affirmative action in higher education and employment. The enormous diversity found in the U.S. has sometimes led to conflict. Yet it is also the source of our nation’s above average economic, political, military and socio-cultural successes, i.e., our professed exceptionalism.Sat, 02 Nov 2013 02:00:23 +000069791 at http://pbcommercial.comGhosts of Christmas pasthttp://pbcommercial.com/content/ghosts-christmas-past
As South Africa emerged from apartheid, it put in place a Truth and Reconciliation commission whose goal was to help that nation come to grips with its racist past. Many have argued that while there has been much racial progress here in the American south, we have still not come to grips with our own past.Sat, 27 Jul 2013 02:00:16 +000061282 at http://pbcommercial.comhttp://pbcommercial.com/content/ghosts-christmas-past#comments